The movie watched by the senator is Boca de Ouro (1963) starred by Jece Valadão, who plays Canedo in this movie. Both films deal with the underground world of illegal betting.
A year after playing lovers in this movie Christiane Torloni and Nuno Leal Maia would later play a problematic couple in the hit soap A Gata Comeu (1985).
Nuno Leal Maia also plays the lead in another illegal gambling themed film, Fábio Barreto's The King of Rio (1985).